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Barnes · 05-03-2013, 07:37 AM

I bought my wife some Mumford and Sons tickets with no intention of going as ill be out of town for work. On my order confirmation appeared this.

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You will receive your tickets via: Paperless Ticket - IMPORTANT: You will not receive paper tickets for this event. At the time of entry, you must present the credit card used to purchase your tickets as well as a valid photo ID (such as a driver's license, state ID or passport). Your entire party must enter the venue at the same time. Tickets are non-transferable. You will receive another email closer to the show date with further details on gaining access to your seats the night of your event.

So wtf? I can't buy concert tickets for her and not go? Do they honestly check everyone's CC and ID? Anyone ever go to a show with similar terms?

Senator Clay Davis · 05-03-2013, 07:48 AM

They sure do check IDs and CCs. Did when this happened for the Maiden show I saw. I'd imagine if you contacted Ticketmaster and explained the situation to them they'd be cool with it.

Hockeyguy15 · 05-03-2013, 08:03 AM

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What if I purchased the tickets, but my spouse is going to the event?
Your spouse must be an authorized user of the credit card, and must present the credit card along with their government issued ID to gain entry.

http://www.ticketmaster.ca/paperless/

Is she an authorized user for the card? If she is I don't think there is a problem.

dubc80 · 05-03-2013, 08:08 AM

You're lucky you got tickets! Soooo many people got shutout!

valo403 · 05-03-2013, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

They sure do check IDs and CCs. Did when this happened for the Maiden show I saw. I'd imagine if you contacted Ticketmaster and explained the situation to them they'd be cool with it.

We're talking about Ticketmaster here, reasonable actions are not to be expected.

Northendzone · 05-03-2013, 08:09 AM

i am assuming that if you pay a $50 alternate user fee you are good to go.......

speede5 · 05-03-2013, 08:21 AM

I had to give up floor seats to John Mayer as i was buying them for my son and his friends, and couldn't go myself. He ended up on the side of the rink, decent enough, but this is a policy intended to counter scalping which in the end hurts fans. When you can't buy your own kids or wife a ticket as a gift, they really need to do something.

Jagermeister · 07-28-2013, 07:49 PM

Quick question I'm hoping someone can help me out with.

I don't use the online print-off tickets from Ticketmaster, but I'm looking at getting tickets to an event and most people seem to only have these print off tickets.

My questions are basically, is it a relatively safe method to use (with all of the scams going around) and is there a way to ensure that you are the only one with the ticket. What does Ticketmaster do to stop the person from printing off 2 or more tickets? if they even have something like that.

getbak · 07-28-2013, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Jagermeister

My questions are basically, is it a relatively safe method to use (with all of the scams going around) and is there a way to ensure that you are the only one with the ticket. What does Ticketmaster do to stop the person from printing off 2 or more tickets? if they even have something like that.

As far as I know, there's nothing (other than their own honesty) to prevent someone from printing off and selling multiple copies of the ticket. If someone does this, the first person to use it gets in, and everyone else is out of luck.

If I were buying from a stranger on Kijiji, I absolutely would not trust them. If it's a cash transaction made in a public place (which it should be if you don't want to get raped), you're not likely going to be able to ever track the person down if it was a scam.

If you buy through a site like StubHub, you have protection because they will refund your money if the ticket you buy is no good (which doesn't help you see the show, but at least you're not doubly screwed). Of course, you pay a premium when you buy through StubHub.

I don't think Ticketmaster will do anything to protect you if you get scammed because you were not a Ticketmaster customer at any point. They don't really have any incentive to make scalping a safe transaction for the buyer because they want people to be afraid of getting scammed so they'll use Ticketmaster's own reselling service.

ken0042 · 07-28-2013, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Jagermeister

What does Ticketmaster do to stop the person from printing off 2 or more tickets? if they even have something like that.

The only way to have some security is if they email the tickets to you from Ticketmaster. I can do that from my Flames account, not 100% sure about other tickets just bought online.

GGG · 07-28-2013, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ken0042

The only way to have some security is if they email the tickets to you from Ticketmaster. I can do that from my Flames account, not 100% sure about other tickets just bought online.

Even email isnt 100% safe as you can have the email tickets canceled and a new set of email tickets created. Now if a season ticket holder abused this they would quickly be caught so the risk is low.

Jagermeister · 07-29-2013, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by GGG

Even email isnt 100% safe as you can have the email tickets canceled and a new set of email tickets created. Now if a season ticket holder abused this they would quickly be caught so the risk is low.

Yeah that's what I was thinking. I think I'm going to just stick to finding some hard copy tickets. Thanks guys

GGG · 07-29-2013, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Jagermeister

Yeah that's what I was thinking. I think I'm going to just stick to finding some hard copy tickets. Thanks guys

Hard Copy is no safer. A person can report the tickets lost or stolen and get a new set issued via email and sell those as well. Or in the case of flames season tickets you can just cancel he hard copy and print out an e-copy.

My only recomendation would be to buy them from someones house so that you know where they live if omething goes screwy,

Yeah_Baby · 07-29-2013, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by GGG

Hard Copy is no safer. A person can report the tickets lost or stolen and get a new set issued via email and sell those as well. Or in the case of flames season tickets you can just cancel he hard copy and print out an e-copy.

My only recomendation would be to buy them from someones house so that you know where they live if omething goes screwy,

Exactly. Then you can rustle up a posse and inflict some vigilante justice on the scalper. In fact why hasn't someone done this to Broncos Coat yet?